misframing
- noun
- /ˌmɪsˈfreɪmɪŋ/
- Jargon
- The misframing of the issue led to public confusion and unnecessary panic.
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Watch on YouTubeSo you can't the attempt to try and explain them is a misframing of the kind of thing they are.
- So you can't the attempt to try and explain them is a misframing of the kind of thing they are.
Examples
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Simple math errors, gross misstatements of the news cited, often bizarre misframing (e.g., taking a strong economic report and focusing on one weak element, without regard for the whole).
Blog text (1) -
Because of this initial misframing, the Court is forced to convey its concerns about the award awkwardly and indirectly, as problems of evidence and procedure.
Academic text (2004) -
So you can't the attempt to try and explain them is a misframing of the kind of thing they are.
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Her article included a lot of misframing, which made the facts seem skewed.
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The report's misframing presented the situation in a way that misled the readers.
Synonyms
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5.8
A report or statement that gives a false picture of the truth
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7.5
A statement that gives false information about something
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8.3
A wrong description that makes a person or event seem bad
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5.3
Giving wrong information in official papers or records
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7.5
An incorrect or misleading statement about something
Antonyms
How Misleading
Surface Forms
Morphology
misframing = misframe (transparent) = mis + frame + ing
Formed by productive prefix mis- (wrongly) + frame with a gerundive/nominal -ing; meaning is predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Misframing comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the word frame meaning 'to set up' or 'the way something is shown'. Imagine putting a story in the wrong picture frame so people understand it the wrong way. So, misframing means presenting information in a misleading or wrong way.